Television
New arts Minister: Tony Burke to take up Arts portfolio. Tony who?
Tony Burke, the new Minister for the Arts in the Federal Labor Government will be assisted by Michael Danby.
Cannes: critics week selections include Aust-Indian co-production
The in-competition selections for Cannes Critics Week includes Tau Seru, an Australian-Indian short film shot in the Himalayas and written,…
Get your Story into production - Learn new skills @ AFTRS OPEN
Don’t miss your last chance to book for MUSIC LICENSING WORKSHOP this Saturday. Just scheduled - INTRODUCTION TO FILM &…
Song for Marion
Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp star in this formulaic but otherwise sweet and sincere film written and directed by Paul…
Luis Bayonas: veteran television writer set to make feature debut – in Colac
Luis Bayonas came to Australia from Spain in the early 1970’s. In the next two decades he worked as a…
EFIC: part of Drift finance plan
Australia’s export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), has collaborated in the financing of the new Australian surfing…
Overseas Box Office: Sapphires clears a million in US
The Sapphires has now taken $US1.145.000 in the US. Still climbing, but more slowly, as the Weinsteins add cinemas.
The Death of Film: resurrection possible, but we need some faith
Sydney's Neglab, only recently closed itself, is willing to reopen to process negative, but only if proprietor Werner Winkelmann has…
Brief: Director's Attachment scheme goes beyond the surface with second gluee
Tony Ayres has volunteered to work with an attachment on Cut Snake, which will be shot in Victoria as a…
Antiviral
A new Cronenberg film concerned with psychosexual body horror, but this time it's son Brandon, not father David, who directs.